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Find more information about this species at: https://www.rkapeller.eu/species.html?MM_Ostrea_edulis Click here for the database with determination key for European mollusks
Anoniem in Bucquoy et al. (1887-1898)
Oyster (Ostrea edulis)
Flat, right shell of a common European oyster with holes of the red boring sponge (Cliona celata).
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Oostende
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - De Panne
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - British Isles
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Grevelingen
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Wadden Sea
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Wimereux
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Marmara Sea
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Australia
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Bosporus
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Dardanelles
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - North Adriatic
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - United States part of the North Pacific Ocean
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Turkish part of the Aegean Sea
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Turkish part of the Black Sea
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Canadian part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Canadian part of the North Atlantic Ocean
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Canadian part of the Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Swedish part of the Skagerrak
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Tunis Gulf
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - North Coast of Tunisia
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Monastir Bay
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - OSPAR Region I (Arctic)
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - OSPAR Region II (Greater North Sea)
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - OSPAR Region III (Celtic Seas)
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - OSPAR Region IV (Bay of Biscay/Golfe de Gascogne & Iberian coasts)
Distribution for Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi, 1814 - Italy
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - South African Coast
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Spain - Demarcación Marina Levantino-Balear
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Spain - Demarcación Marina Noratlántica
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Spain - Demarcación Marina Sudatlántica
Distribution for Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - Spain - Demarcación Marina del Estrecho y Alborán
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